CANDELARIA, Quezon – Philippine National Police chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Nartatez Jr. on Sunday visited police personnel wounded in a recent encounter with communist rebels in this town. Nartatez awarded the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting and Medalya ng Kadakilaan for the bravery and sacrifice in...
The Philippine Army (PA) on Saturday, Dec. 20, expressed condolences to the families of two soldiers killed when anti-personnel mines (APMs) were allegedly detonated by New People 's Army (NPA) rebels in Balatan, Camarines Sur. According to the military, elements of the 9th Infantry Battalion...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) combatants were killed in a clash with government troops Friday morning in Northern Samar. The 8th Infantry Division said patrolling soldiers from the 20th Infantry Battalion engaged rebels around 6:50 a.m. in upland Barangay Bulao in Las Navas town....
The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday dismissed as a “propaganda stunt” the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) declaration of a four-day holiday ceasefire as military operations continue unabated to keep communities safe during...
BACOLOD CITY – A 45-year-old policeman killed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Calatrava town, Negros Occidental province was laid to rest in his hometown of Toboso, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Dec. 13. Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office rendered a solemn 21-gun...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region posthumously awarded the Philippine National Police (PNP) Heroism Medal (Medalya ng Kadakilaan) to Police Senior Master Sgt. Rommel Aguilar, 45, who was killed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on...
TACLOBAN CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Gusaran, Silvino Lobos town, Northern Samar province on Wednesday. The Philippine Army (PA) said the 30-minute gun battle started at around 6:57 a.m. following a tip from a concerned citizen...
BUTUAN CITY – Two remaining leaders of the New People’s Army-North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NPA-NCMRC) surrendered to the 402nd Infantry Brigade (402Bde) in Agusan del Norte on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday, the 402Bde identified the surrenderers as Ariel Galario Domino, the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office condemned the violent attacks against a police officer and a civilian by the New People’s Army in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Dec. 7. “Mariin naming kinokondena ang malulupit at walang-awang pag-atakeng ito, laban man sa isang...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two soldiers were killed in an encounter on Wednesday, Dec. 3, with the New People’s Army in Barangay Babaclayon, San Jose de Buan town, Samar province. The fatalities were two technical sergeants under the 81st Military Intelligence Company. Troops were conducting intelligence...
BACOLOD CITY – A squad leader of the dismantled Central Negros 2 (CN2) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday morning, Dec. 2. Lt. Col. Ziegfred Tayaban, 94th IB...
A leader of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while a soldier was wounded in an encounter in Barangay Allaguia, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23. Lt. Col. Melvin Asuncion, officer–in–charge of the Division Public Affairs...
